Trouble with family story

[Guest]

I am writing a story about a night i spent with my sister some years back. we experimented with water sports. The scene is still fresh in my mind but the problem is we were both under 18. I dont want to ofeend anyone but i do respect Laurel and Manu on the commitment to excellence. So i need suggestions about how to relay the story with out giving away our youth. I want the story to be truthful and dont want to strecth it out with lies. HELP

 

[Southernhelle]

why is it so important that your story stick to "only facts"? it's been discussed into the ground here that you cannot have underage material, so work with that, don't waste your time trying to find a way around it.

 

[Shintani]

That's easy. Just leave out any references to age, grade in school, that sort of thing, shouldn't be too hard to do. Be a little ambiguous about how old you guys were, leave it for the reader to fill in, in their mind. Besides, Laurel should be able to catch anything that isn't allowed. Leaving out ages isn't a bad thing anyway, I think that stories read better when they aren't number-filled anyway.

 

[Kip Carson]

Don't put any ages in your story at all. That's the best way around the age issue, and no one is offended. If you notice, you won't find ages in a lot of my stories, that gives the reader something to imagine themselves. Think it's better that way.
Kip Carson.

 

[Laurel]

Absolutely. Unless there are obvious underage references ("as I drove her to her preschool.."), leaving out the age can solve any problems.

 

[Sabrina]

Not that I'm being pedantic or anything, but in a different context, it could mean that she was a pre-school teacher or helper.